Boll-weevil catcher



W. STANALAN. BOLL WEEVH. CATCHER. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19, 1920.

Paten ed Aug. 1, 1922.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, i322.

Application filed October 19, 1920. Serial No. 417,963.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM STANALAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Garrison, in the county of Nacogdoohes and State of Texas,have invented a new and useful Boll-lNeevil Catcher, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to agricultural devices and more particularly toa device to be attached to a cultivator for catching boll weevil or thelike, during the cultivation of cotton.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will sweep the boll weevil from the plant into aretaining receptacle, the retaining receptacle containing a mixture tokill the weevil.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for guarding thecontainer to prevent the plant leaves from contacting with the poisonousfluid, thereby eliminating any possibility of the growth of the plantbeing in'ipaired by the fluid.

ll ith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of'what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 illustrates a side elevational viewof a cultivator, showing the attachment as applied.

Figure 2 illustrates a longitudinal sectional view through one of thecontainers.

Figure 3 illustrates a sectional view taken on line 3-3 ofFigure 1.

Figure l illustrates a plan view of one of the containers.

l igure 5 illustrates a fragmental side elevational view disclosing thesupporting means for the containers.

Referring to the drawings in detail,- the reference character 5designates the usual cultivator frame, to which is secured thesupporting axle 6, as by means of the U- bolts 7, the usual supportingwheels 8 being provided on the axles.

The usual. cultivator beams are indicated by the reference character 9,which beams have their forward extremities connected to the axle 6, sothat the same may pivot with relation thereto to regulate the depth atwhich the shovels 10 may operate.

The attachment includes a pair of containers or pans indicated by thereference character 11, there being only one of such pans, in thepresent drawings for the sake of convenience in illustrating theinvention. This pan is relatively long and provided with a forward.tapering portion so that the container may slide over the ground surfaceon which the device is operating. The pans 11 have connection with thepivoted arms 12-3 at the forward and rear ends of the pan, which armsextend upwardly and have connection with the arms ll which in turn arerigidly secured to the beam 9 as by means of the eye bolts 15. Theforward portion of each pan is provided with an offset por-- tion 13which accommodates the flange member is that has its ends overlying theupper edges of the pan as at 15 to secure the same thereto. This flangedmember i l is provided with plurality of openings 16 to accommodate thebars 1? so that when the bars are lifted by means of the bar 18, thebars 1.7 may he slid through their openings to uncover portions of thepans to allow the pans to be emptied.

In order that the pans 11 will be maintained in horizontal positions,the opposed rods 20 and 21 are provided, the rod 20 having connectionwith the arm 13 at the rear of the pan while the arm 21 has connectionwith the beam 9 adjacent the axle 6, the adjacent ends of the rods beinghooked to connect them with the coiled sprin 22 which connection permitsof a movement between the rods, to compensate for slight movement of thepans.

Positioned over the upper or open portion of each pan, is a movableguard including a plurality of spaced longitudinally extending bars 17pivotally connected to the pan at the forward end thereof, the rear endsof the bars having connection with the bar 18, which has an offsetflange 18 forming a part thereof to engage over one edge of the pan, sothat the plants or bowls, which may con tact with the pan will preventedfrom falling into the pan to contact with the fluid contained therein.

It might be stated however that thecultivator to which the attachment isapplied, is preferably of the straddle row type, and to this end a brushindicated at 19 is secured to the axis 6, at a point above each of thepans, the brushes including forwardly extending fingers to contact withthe-plants causing the weevil to be swept from the plants, whereuponthey fall into the containers or pans 11.

These brushes 19 have connection with the axle 6 in a manner to permitthe same to be adjusted to various angles with relation to the pans, tocause the same to more efiicientiy brush the Weevil from the plants,

In the operation of the device, a cultivator of the straddle row type,is supplied with the attachment, and the cultivator moved along thefield to cultivate the plants therein. It is obvious that the brushes 19contact with the plants to cause the insects to fall Having thusdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new is: i

In combination with a cultivator and the beams thereof, containersadjustahly sup-' ported on the beams, each container having an openportion, a flanged bar having openings, a plurality of bars having oneof their respective ends disposed in the openings, a second bar havingconnection with the 0p posite ends of the bars, and said second barbeing recessed to he fitted over the upper edge of one end of thecontainer for securing'the bars to the container.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aiiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, WlLLlAh i STANALAN.

Nitnesses L, M. WEATHERLY, L, A. FREDERICK.

